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US Presidents (Historical Ranking)

How historians and the public generally rank these presidencies.

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The crowd's ranking

S: Abraham Lincoln, George Washington

A: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt

B: John F. Kennedy, Barack Obama, Ulysses S. Grant

C: Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan

D: Jimmy Carter

F: Richard Nixon

Discussion

crispy_pickle_6021: Which Harrison is which?

TylerEats: Reagan in C. Thanksgiving incoming.

throwaway29339: Grant's rise is the most interesting thing about these rankings. He jumped like 9 spots in a decade.

frozen_waffle_6024: Nixon being only F and not below the actual worst ones is wild. Buchanan and Andrew Johnson aren't even on here

luis.d15: Too early for anyone recent

llamaranker3932: Carter was a better ex-president than president. Habitat for Humanity, the Carter Center, eradicating Guinea worm.

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